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art. 4
Hate Speech and Disinformation Prevention and Suppression Proclamation No. 1185/2020
- Target
- Disseminating hate speech by broadcasting, print, or social media, using text, image, audio, or video
- Test
- The prohibition is on dissemination. Hate speech is defined in the same Proclamation as speech that deliberately promotes hatred, discrimination, or attack against a person or identifiable group based on ethnicity, religion, race, gender, or disability. Exemptions (art. 6) are a different subsection.
- Max
- Up to 2 years or a fine (hate-speech base, art. 7); 1 to 5 years if an attack follows; 1 to 3 years if via broadcast, print, or a social-media account with more than 5,000 followers
Any person disseminating hate speech by means of broadcasting, print or social media using text, image, audio or video is prohibited.
Official English of Proclamation No. 1185/2020 art. 4, Federal Negarit Gazette, in force 23 March 2020, as published by the Ministry of Justice. Amharic is authentic. Working English is the official English of the Gazette.
Cite · Proclamation No. 1185/2020, art. 4 · as of 2026-09-05
- Do not treat art. 4 as Israel §24 or as a listed-speech offence.
- Overlay. Art. 5 (disinformation) is a neighbouring cell, not this quote.
- Anti-Terrorism Proclamation 1176/2020 is a different instrument and is not this quote.